The B.C. government continues to make significant investments in the BC Parks system, including capital funding of about $83 million over the past four years to improve park facilities and acquire new lands. Since 2001, the provincial government has established 57 new parks, 129 conservancies, one ecological reserve and eight protected areas, and expanded almost 50 parks and six ecological reserves, protecting more than 1.8 million hectares. Today, 14.26 per cent (or more than 13.5 million hectares) of British Columbia is protected – more than any other province in Canada.

The ‘Make Your Mark – For a BC Park’ program is another way for British Columbians to personally take part and share in the benefits of the best park system in the world.

To learn more about this exciting new program, please visit BC Parks. For information about BC150, please visit www.bc150years.ca.